Christmas in July - Day 15

Todays theme is the Christmas in July hop is Merry & Bright. For some reason every time I have a theme of merry & bright I think snowflakes and snowflakes are white but snow is bright. have you ever walked outside when everything is covered in snow and you have to put on sunglasses because its so bright? So that is why I think snowflakes because it makes me merry and its bright. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding 2 card base and a white panel. I randomly stamped the snowflake in bright colors and then added some silver metallic snow in the background. 

Christmas in July - Day 13

Today's theme brings cookies, Christmas Cookies or Gingerbread. I used both. The Gingerbread cookies are from the Christmas Cookies set by Creative Worship Stamps. The sentiment is by The Rabbit Hole Designs. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base, a white panel and a Wheat panel. I cut down the white panel with a curvy die from a SCT event.

I stamped the cookies on a seperate piece of cardstock, colored them and cut them out with the coordinating die then added them to the panel and stamped the sentiment underneath. 

Christmas In July - Day 1

This year I am participating in a Christmas in July hop over on Instagram. Each day of July we will make a Christmas card using the daily theme. I will be sharing them here on my blog as well. The great thing about this hop is that at the end of the month I will have 31 Christmas cards already made. 

Today's theme is Winter Wonderland. There is always a snowman in a winter wonderland so I used this super adorable snowman from Creative Worship Stamps. After I stamped and colored him I used a oval die from The Greetery to cut him out. I added snowflakes behind the oval panel that are also from The Greetery. 

Hop over to Instagram and search #christmascards2026 to see more inspiration.

AAA Cads - Game 313 - A color Challenge

Today starts a new game at AAA Cards and it's a color challenge. I love color challenges. I hope you do as well and will play along with us. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel cut to the same size.  Using a polka dot stencil by Creative Worship Stamps I created a background for the balloon. The balloon is a die by The Stamp Market. the greeting is from the Balloon Birthday Greetings set also by The Stamp Market. 

Creative Worship Stamps Insta Hop

Creative worship Stamps is hosting an Insta hop and there is a $25 gift code to one random commenter. So hop over to Instagram for some Big Blooms inspiration and leave comments for a chance to win. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I stamped the daffodils on the panel, colored them using OLO markers and then cut them out wit the coordinating die and added them directly to the card front.  To finish the card, I added a Happy Birthday greeting. 

No Greater Love Insta Hop

The Creative Worship Creative Team along with some friends are hosting a hop over on Instagram showcasing stamps that show how much Jesus loves us.  So hop on over for a chance to win a $25 gift code and lots of inspiration

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I stampeed the empty tomb, masked it off and then ink blended some distress inks over the panel in Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin and Picked Raspberry. I removed the mask and colored the image using OLO markers. To finish the card I also stamped the "he is Risen" and colored it using OLO markers as well. 

Sending Sunshine March Edition

Todays card is for another Instagram hop that I love to participate in and this one is pretty special. It's the Sending Sunshine which is a spinoff from the yearly suicide awareness hop that we do. There are so many people that just need a little pick me or hug so we send out cards at least once a month or more to let them know they are seen and loved.

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a panel of watercolor paper. I stamped the flowers with water friendly pigment ink and then loosely watercolored them using distress inks. To finish the card, I added the greeting and then splattered it using metallic watercolor paint. 

The stamp sets I used are Victory Blooms and The Lord is Near by Creative Worship Stamps.

Happy Bird-day

Today's card is for the Stencil It instagram hop with Creative Worship Stamps. This is a hop filled with lots of inspiration and ideas for using stencils on your projects. 

The number one way I like to use stencils is to create a soft background behind an image, if you follow me you know this. 

To create this card, I started with a white top folding card base, a stencil, and a piece of white cardstock for the images. 

I stamped the birds on a separate piece of white cardstock, colored them and cut them out with the coordinating die.

I placed the stencil directly on the card base and ink blended through it with Savaged Patina and Wilted Violet distress inks. I stamped the greeting and then placed the birds popping them up with foam tape. To finish the card I added a little bling using some sequins.  

Postage Party Hop November Edition

Today's card is for the Postage Party Insta hop. This is a group of crafty friends that are addicted to all things postage so we host a hop on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. If you would like to join us, hop over to instagram for all the deets. 

To make this card I used products from several different companies.  The postage die and postage cost are from Waffle Flower, The sentiments, the star and the nativity silhouette is from Simon Says Stamp. The other silhouettes are Creative Worship Stamps.

Sweet!

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Melanie is our host and she chose the code word....

I needed a baby card, and babies are sweet so it fit the challenge. To play along with us create your "sweet" project and link it to our challenge.

This card uses a retired set from Picket Fence Studios.

Sending Some Sunshine

Today's card is for the Sending Sunshine Instagram hop. This hop is a spinoff of the Suicide Awareness hop that we do once a year. A group of us send out encouragement cards each month and send a little sunshine.

My card uses products from Creative Worship Stamps. The florals are from the Bloom With Grace set and the sentiment is from the Lord is Near set.

I used OLO markers to color them.

Birthday + 1

Today starts a new challenge at AAA Cards. This is one of our new games this year, Plus one.

All you have to do is take the center circle prompt and add one of the outer circle prompts. I chose the flower prompt to add to the birthday card. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I stamped the floral image from the Sketches Roses by Creative Worship Stamps in the center of the panel then colored it using Copic markers. After it was colored, I laid the Vintage Lace Doily over it and ink blended some aqua ink over it. To finish the card, I added the greeting below

Postage Party Hop

Today's card is for the Postage Party hop over on Instagram.  I used the Waffle Flower Postage die and the Blooming Anemones stamp from Creative Worship stamps.

Happy Bird-day

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More and it's time to up your stash for birthday cards, you can never have to many. 

To make this card, I used the Cherry Birds & Buds set by Creative Worship Stamps and the The Doily Shaker Fram by Emily Moore Designs. 

I Started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I ran the white panel through the die cutting machine using the Doily Shaker Frame and then stamped, colored and cut out the bird and added it to the panel. 

August Postage Party

Today's card is for the Postage Party hop over on Instagram that I am participating in. This hop is a group of card makers who love using postage dies. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a panel of Bristol vellum. I cut the postage die out of the bristol and then creating a background using the smooshing technique and Distress Oxide inks. 

I added in the elements using the following sets.

Nature Silhouettes 

Nature Silhouettes 2

Made New

Butterfly Bliss

The Lord is Near

and the 

Postage Stamp Cover Plate

All from Creative Worship Stamps.

AAA Cards 297 - Anything Goes

Today starts a new challenge at AAA Cards challenge.  It's an Anything Goes challenge with an option of using all green. 

For my card, I used some green but not all green.  You don't have to use gren at all since its an option. All you have to do is keep it clean and simple.

For my card, I started with a top folding A2 card base and a white panel cut down 1/4 inch. I used a die by Hero Arts and cut it out of white cardstock and colored it using OLO markers. The greeting is from Creative Worship Stamps.